58 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. lots on that side of the square, as the same are recorded, he shall apportion such excess, or deilciency, among the lots or pieces on that front, a greeabl y to their respective dimensions Eucroachment Sec. 482. Whenever, on such admeasurement, the wall of a house P! Fm °P°¤ °·d· previously erected by any proprietor shall appear to stand on the ad. ·l°'”‘“g 1°°‘ joining lot of any other person in part less than seven inches in width 12 Jan., 1809, c. thereon, such wall shall be considered as standing altogether on the 8- ¤· 4» V- 2» P- 512- land of such proprietor. who shall pay to the owner of the lot on which the wall may stand n reasonable price for the ground so occupied, to be decided by arbitrators or a jury, as the parties interested may agree. Party walls. SEO. 483. If the wall of any house, already erected, cover seven inches 'j;{,f"_ or more in width of the adjoining lot, it shall be deemed a party wall, 2, Fd, 18,, c_ according to the regulations for building in the District as made under cz, s,31,v,ie, pak:. the provisions of section seventy-nine, and the ground so occupied, more than seven inches in width, shall be paid for as provided in the preceding section. ` Simeycws cor- Sec. 484. The surveyor shall ascertain and certify, and put on record
- i6<=¤*¤ wd ¤*°°¤]· at the request and expense of any person interested therein, the fact of
12 _;,,;" jglgmg, thetbccupatiou of land by a party wall as mentioned in the preceding s. 4,v. ,p. . Sec ion. Examination of 81:0.485. It shall be the duty of the surveyor to attend, when ref9¤¤d¤¢i¤¤¤; wr- quested, and examine the foundation or walls of any house to be erected,
- '“°°*°· when the same shall be level with the street or surface of the ground,
Ibid., s. 5,p. 512. for the purpose of adjusting the line of the front of such building to the line of the street, and correctly placing the party-wall on the line of division between that and the adjoining lot; and his certilicate of the fact shall be admitted as evidence, and binding on the parties interested. S¤rv¤y¤¤’¤ ¢'¤¤¤- Sec. 486. The surveyor shall be authorized to receive from the persons I,,,d_,,_6,,,_512_ for whom he phall perform the services required by this act the fees folowing name y: For Examining the plat and calculations of anysubdivision of a square or lot, twelve and a half cents for each of the lots or portions into which it may be subdivided; but no more shall be paid for the lots in one square than one dollar and fifty cents. For examining any building and giving the certificate required by the preceding section, and recording the same, one dollar and fifty cents. For recording any division or subdivision of any square or lots, for transcripts from records, and for searches in hisoffice, the fees provided iby law, buttnot in any case to exceed the fee allowed by this section or examina ion. Subdivision ,¤f Sec. 487. Whenever the President shall deem it necessary to subdi-
- )i‘{?:;’:°db§Tb§:‘K vide any square or lot belonging to the United States within the city of
__..__ Washington, not reserved for public purposes, into convenient building- Ii»i·i·,¤·9»P·5l3· lots or portions for sale and occupancy, and alleys for their accommodation, he may cause a plat to be made by the urveyor in the manner prescribed in this chapter, which plat shall be recorded by the surveyor, and the provisions of this chapter shall extend to the lots, pieces, and parcels of ground contained in such plat as fully as to subdivisions made by individual proprietors. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. LIMITED PABTNBRSHIPS. sa. sm. 488. Limited partnerships, how formed. l 494. Atlidnvit of general partner. 489. General and special partners. 495. When partnership to be deemed 490. Limit to number of special partners. formed. 491. Limit to their liability. 496. Liability for false statements. 4Q. Certidcate of partnership. 497. Terms of partnership to he published. 493. To be acknowledged, certified, and 498. Otherwise partnership general. recorded. 499. Aliidavit of publication.
